Quick Pitch Mortar Bed Kit

If you are building a mortar bed and you are worried about creating the perfect pitch then most likely you're going about it in the wrong way. I want to introduce to you a new revolutionary product to help you create the perfect pitch in a custom build mortar bed. The product is called the Quick Pitch Mortar Bed Kit. The Quick Pitch Kit allows you to install a guide system that will give a 1/4" per foot pre-pitched slope. Install this kits in minutes, throw your mudset over the kit, and use a trowel to smooth out the mudset and you now have a perfectly pitched mortar bed.


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Tile Redi Shower Installation Pan

Introducing our new Tile Redi® Shower Pan Category. We now offer a large selection of Tile Redi® Shower Pans for you to browse through. In fact, there are actually 80 different shower pans to choose from.

The Tile Redi® shower pan is made from rugged polyurethane that is leak proof and mold resistant. The shower pan is fully waterproofed, pre-sloped, with one fully integrated shower drain, and is available both with and without a shower curb. It's all in one piece. No separate parts that you need to put together or anything like that. You can literally drop the shower pan into your shower, and as the name suggests, you're tile ready. The shower can be done in under an hour, and anyone can do it!

The curbless shower pans and ADA shower pans are manufactured with an integrated drain and splash walls, together with a barrier free and/or ADA compliant entrance. The curbless variety are ideal for walk in and handicap accessible showers.

We offer the Tile Redi® shower pans in a wide variety of sizes and drain placements. Browse through our selection on Tileprotection.com and get your leak proof shower pan today!

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Waterproofing Membrane for Ceramic Tile Shower Assembly

Tileprotection.com is getting a face lift with some new products for your tiled showers! Within the next few weeks you'll see a huge change when we take on 3 new lines for shower kits to help you with your bathroom remodeling jobs!
However, our best selling product Blanke Aqua Shield can be installed using thinset to most substrates that are dry, flat, and structurally sound to waterproof your shower assembly. Tile can be installed directly on the membrane without the cure time required for liquid applied products. Blanke AQUA SHIELD provides a vapor barrier that makes it ideal for steam rooms. The high tensile strength of the Blanke AQUA SHIELD ensures long lasting protection from moisture penetration in continuous wet areas such as shower stalls and bathrooms. Create that water tight tile shower assembly with the easy to install Aqua Shield and never worry about a water leak in your shower again.

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Blanke Permat

Blanke PERMAT is an innovative uncoupling tile underlayment that offers all the labor saving benefits of the old plastic tile underlayment roll systems. It also adds support and strengthens wood substrates. It also provides greater compression and tensile strength than plastic tile underlayment roll products. Blanke PERMAT is stable to walk on during installation and does not require additional curing time when installing porcelain with latex modified thinset.

Permat has a 10-year warranty against damage caused by excessive vertical sub-floor movement (deflection), the only such warranty in the industry. Whether installing stone on wood or cement subfloors, homeowners who include Permat in their stone and tile installations can be rest assured that their subfloors will indeed support the installation.

Blanke Permat is available both by the sheet and by the carton.


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Durock Tile Underlayment and Crack Isolation Membrane

Durock is a tile membrane that is installed underneath a tile assembly in light commercial and residential applications. It's mold and mildew resistant, which makes this membrane ideal for installations under tile in bathrooms, kitchens, hallways, and entry ways. Installation of Durock Tile Underlayment is easy. 
Simply cut the membrane with a knife or a pair of scissors. Durock also acts as a crack isolation membrane if it is installed using the Durock Tile Membrane Adhesive. If crack isolation isn't needed then Durock can be installed using a Type 1 Organic Adhesive or a latex modified thinset mortar.


Tile Flooring Underlayment Kit Includes:

• 75 Square foot roll of Membrane
• 2 (1 qt) containers of Adhesive
• Instruction Sheet

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Perfect Shower Curb Installation!

The Kirb Perfect is a stay-in-place plastic form for building perfect shower curbs. It's designed to be used with a pan liner. It can be used with or without a 2 x 4 wood curb. Each piece of the Kirb-Perfect Shower Curb is easily cut with a hacksaw, PVC cutters or angle grinder. With molded in dovetail connecting lugs, this curb can be used for multiple length installations. Kirb-Perfect is 4-9/16" wide x 30" long and 5-1/2" high.

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Welcome to Tile Underlayment Blog

This blog will update you with the innovative ways that you can make a tile installation job run smoothly. Product knowledge is key!! I will talk about the products that are available to you as an installer, and as a consumer, to help you make decisions that will make your tile installation job more efficient.